WHAT WILL THEIR CHRISTMAS BE LIKE? Gaetana Drake I’ve been wondering lately what Christmas will be like for the Prescott and Elias families. Most of us are enjoying the holiday preparations including picking out a tree, shopping for presents, sending out Christmas cards, baking, and most of all, spending as much time as possible with our families and friends. While we’re doing all of this, the Prescott and Elias families face a Christmas without their loved one. This will be the second Christmas that the Prescott girls spend without their father, Craig. This is the first Christmas the daughters of Rita Elias will spend without their mother. The eight deputies that were in the room when Craig Prescott died still get to enjoy the holidays with their loved ones. I wonder if they ever think about Craig and what his family has lost. I wonder if any of them are man enough to feel any guilt. I wonder if they are man enough to tell the truth when they are under oath at the trial in 2012. I imagine Kari Abby is buying gifts for her children and other loved ones. Does she ever think about the three little girls who no longer have a mother? Does she even comprehend that she had the power to walk away from the confrontation that cost Rita her life? Ms. Abby is a trained law enforcement officer. She knew how to defuse situations like the one she and Rita were in. Instead she chose to start shooting. Craig Prescott had six daughters. Rita Elias had three. That’s nine girls who will spend the rest of their lives celebrating Christmas without one of their parents. Someday we will all know the truth about what happened to both Craig and Rita, but it won’t be found in the Modesto Bee and it won’t come from Sheriff Christianson. We will find the truth on the Voice of Modesto and on the Morning Mayor show. So, I wish all of you a Merry Christmas. Please keep a thought and a prayer for the Prescott and Elias families and all the others who have lost a loved one to the law enforcement corruption in this city and county. God bless us all. |
